Anjelica Huston as Narrator (voice)

Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)

Diane Baker as Self - Actress

Charles Busch as Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian

Ben Cooper as Self - Actor

Christina Crawford as Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Judy Geeson as Self - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'

Virginia Grey as Self - Actress

Sydney Guilaroff as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)

Herbert Kenwith as Self - Director / Friend

Anna Lee as Self - Actress

Dickie Moore as Self - Actor, 'The Bride Wore Red'

Margaret O'Brien as Self - Actress

Anita Page as Self - Actress / Crawford Co-Star

Betsy Palmer as Self - Actress

Cliff Robertson as Self - Actor

Peter Rogers as Self - Friend

Vincent Sherman as Self - Director

Karen Swensen as Self - Crawford Historian

Carleton Varney as Self - Interior Designer

Bob Thomas as Self - Crawford Biographer